Theresa May urges UN reform and threatens funding cut

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaking at the UN General Assembly on September 20, 2017

"Theresa May has called on the United Nations to reform as she singled out North Korea, Russia, Syria and Myanmar for criticism in a wide-ranging speech.

The Prime Minister told the UN General Assembly in New York the organisation must change in order to 'meet the challenges of the 21st century'.

She warned Britain will make up to 30% of its £90m annual core funding for the UN's agencies conditional on their ability to show they are efficient and transparent, as the Prime Minister appeared to echo US President Donald Trump's own call for 'truly bold reforms'.

Mrs May said: 'Those of us who hold true to our shared values, who hold true to that desire to defend the rules and high standards that have shaped and protected the world we live in, need to strive harder than ever to show that institutions like this United Nations can work for the countries that formed them, and for the people who we represent.'

The Prime Minister sent strongly-worded messages to various states she accused of breaching UN rules..."